19 Feb 1886
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Newspaper
Tombstone Daily Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1886
Page
1
A fragmentary ad offers portable VRM furnished units at Bruce Street between PIR and Sigh. Interested buyers are directed to contact 1. VICKKKS for details.
Monition and Notice of Sale from Custom House Tombstone Arizona states 31 head of mules 20 pack saddles seized near Ochoaville Cochise County for alleged customs violations. Claim within eight days. if none filed, property sold at Darrow & Bay auction house Tombstone February 24 at 10 a.m.
The committee invites bids for advertising and job work for Tombstone city in 1686. Bids must specify rates per inch and per hundred inches for various sheet sizes, with guaranteed payment and a faithful performance bond. Advertisements to be placed in a Tombstone paper. legal ads to appear in ten consecutive issues. committee may reject any bid.
Gustave Hede runs a specialty shop at Allen Street between Sixth and Seventh offering imported wines and liquors plus top California wines cigars and tobaccos for customers.
Old established and only Undertaking business in Tombstone offered for sale with or without real estate. Terms reasonable. For particulars address A J Ritter Tombstone Arizona.
County and City Warrants and Jurors' Certificates, accepted accounts against the City or County fought at Cochise County Bank. Townsite title sales offered by agent Jas. S. Clark at prices from 15 to 50 dollars to end litigation and aid school funds. Also notice of a quartz mill sale on Sonora river and lumber/wood for sale with delivery and orders through local offices and stores.
The old first class hotel in Tombstone offers modern conveniences, private rooms for travelers, billiard and card rooms, and a well stocked bar. Tombstone fruit nurseries on Fulton Street announce a new stock of fruit trees and vines. Mrs. H G Howe resumes teaching on January 5 with private instruction available. A territorial education measure allows one pupil per applicant to gain free tuition at Tempe normal school. Gen D K Wardwell handles appointments in Tombstone.
In a humorous essay, H. S. Keller rails against the rural belle, praising her charm and wit while lampooning city suitors who chase her. The piece playfully contrasts rustic prowess, flavor, and domestic sovereignty with the theater of romance, hinting at rural loyalty and humorous peril.
A satirical musings on given names and archetypes. The piece contrasts common names like Frank Andrew John James and Charles with lively character judgments, noting traits, stereotypes, and quirks attributed to each in a witty, period voice.
The text notes that the white elephant's trappings are valued at S1.0 million and that Burmese regalia are considered highly valuable, with ruby mines near Mandalay reportedly closed to Europeans. It suggests the Bulinese warlord may yield substantial loot from these riches.
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